10 Science Facts Making Puppies Sound Like Human Babies

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acoustic mimicry evolution

amygdala activation overlap

baby schema reinforcement

interspecific emotional decoding

nonlinear sound structures

oxytocin bonding loop

selective breeding to vocality

similar distress frequencies

survival through cuteness

voice plasticity in domestication

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Whimpers and whines are some of the ways in which puppies melt hearts and in most cases, they sound like human babies. This is no coincidence, evolutionary biology and acoustics are involved in why these sounds are so appealing to our instincts. The following are 10 simple explanations that are grounded knowledge about the science behind it.

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